Day 52 - 1 Corinthians 15:53-58

53 For our dying bodies must be transformed into bodies that will never die; our mortal bodies must be transformed into immortal bodies.

54 Then, when our dying bodies have been transformed into bodies that will never die, this Scripture will be fulfilled:

“Death is swallowed up in victory.

55 O death, where is your victory?

    O death, where is your sting?”

56 For sin is the sting that results in death, and the law gives sin its power. 57 But thank God! He gives us victory over sin and death through our Lord Jesus Christ.

58 So, my dear brothers and sisters, be strong and immovable. Always work enthusiastically for the Lord, for you know that nothing you do for the Lord is ever useless.

Terrie's Comments:

I love that death is defeated and we will never die.  I am glad that our victory over sin and death is through our LORD Jesus Christ.  If Jesus is our LORD then we will have that victory over death.  

I love the last part... a great reminder for me... Be strong and immovable.  Always work enthusiastically for the Lord, for you know that nothing you do for the Lord is ever useless.

Sometimes when you are working in ministry of any kind you can feel like it is useless... nothing is working, no one is noticing, it isn't making any difference at all... These are all LIES!  The truth of the matter is that ANYTHING we do for the Lord is not useless, which means everything we do for the Lord is useful even when we don't see how it could be.

Tori's Comments:

We are victorious! WE have already won! Woohoo!

"be strong and immovable" this is easier the more you remind yourself of this truth.

"nothing you do for the Lord is ever useless" this is a lie I actually have heard. That something I feel led to do is silly or pointless. I now know exactly how to battle those thoughts..with this verse!

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Day 51 - 1 Corinthians 15:45-52

45 The Scriptures tell us, “The first man, Adam, became a living person.” But the last Adam—that is, Christ—is a life-giving Spirit. 46 What comes first is the natural body, then the spiritual body comes later. 47 Adam, the first man, was made from the dust of the earth, while Christ, the second man, came from heaven. 48 Earthly people are like the earthly man, and heavenly people are like the heavenly man. 49 Just as we are now like the earthly man, we will someday be like the heavenly man.

50 What I am saying, dear brothers and sisters, is that our physical bodies cannot inherit the Kingdom of God. These dying bodies cannot inherit what will last forever.

51 But let me reveal to you a wonderful secret. We will not all die, but we will all be transformed! 52 It will happen in a moment, in the blink of an eye, when the last trumpet is blown. For when the trumpet sounds, those who have died will be raised to live forever. And we who are living will also be transformed.

Tori's Comments:

These bodies are temporary. The world puts a lot of focus on the exterior. We are surrounded by radical things such as plastic surgery as people attempt to change something that is ultimately temporary when compared with eternity. 

In verse 51, I can just hear his excitement and passion. It's amazing how much of it reflects in his writing, and how much I feel just by reading it.

Terrie's Comments:

If we die before Christ returns we will be raised with our new heavenly body.  If we are alive still when Christ returns we will be transformed into our new body.  It will be quick... the blink of an eye is less than a second.  I that very moment everything will change eternally and we will inherit the kingdom of God.

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Day 50 - 1 Corinthians 15:35-44

35 But someone may ask, “How will the dead be raised? What kind of bodies will they have?” 36 What a foolish question! When you put a seed into the ground, it doesn’t grow into a plant unless it dies first. 37 And what you put in the ground is not the plant that will grow, but only a bare seed of wheat or whatever you are planting. 38 Then God gives it the new body he wants it to have. A different plant grows from each kind of seed. 39 Similarly there are different kinds of flesh—one kind for humans, another for animals, another for birds, and another for fish.

40 There are also bodies in the heavens and bodies on the earth. The glory of the heavenly bodies is different from the glory of the earthly bodies. 41 The sun has one kind of glory, while the moon and stars each have another kind. And even the stars differ from each other in their glory.

42 It is the same way with the resurrection of the dead. Our earthly bodies are planted in the ground when we die, but they will be raised to live forever. 43 Our bodies are buried in brokenness, but they will be raised in glory. They are buried in weakness, but they will be raised in strength. 44 They are buried as natural human bodies, but they will be raised as spiritual bodies. For just as there are natural bodies, there are also spiritual bodies.

Terrie's Comments:

This passage makes me long to know what our spiritual, eternal bodies will be like.  Seeds that are planted in the ground look so different from the plants that grow out of them.  If we are to display a different glory than our earthly bodies here I am curious as to how different they really will be.  I look forward to finding out.  It is probably not something I will think a whole lot about here on earth but I do accept that they will be different and much better than our bodies that our spirit's occupy here currently.

Tori's Comments:

This is sooooo cool. We have no idea what to expect except that our new bodies will be different and complete.

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Day 49 - 1 Corinthians 15:29-34

29 If the dead will not be raised, what point is there in people being baptized for those who are dead? Why do it unless the dead will someday rise again?

30 And why should we ourselves risk our lives hour by hour? 31 For I swear, dear brothers and sisters, that I face death daily. This is as certain as my pride in what Christ Jesus our Lord has done in you. 32 And what value was there in fighting wild beasts—those people of Ephesus—if there will be no resurrection from the dead? And if there is no resurrection, “Let’s feast and drink, for tomorrow we die!” 33 Don’t be fooled by those who say such things, for “bad company corrupts good character.” 34 Think carefully about what is right, and stop sinning. For to your shame I say that some of you don’t know God at all.

Tori's Comments:

I didn't realize baptism symbolized what was to come.

We do not face death daily here. But its presence is very obvious in day to day life. Spending time with other Christians reminds us that this is not our home and that we are temporarily here. 

Terrie's Comments:

If we know God and have made Jesus Lord in our lives we will stop sinning and think carefully about what is right.  We will not make up worldly excuses for our behavior that "isn't that bad".  

Our society throws around certain ideas like candy... "you only live once", "YOLO", "I need me time", "I deserve a break" ... it's very popular to think like this.  Not biblical or God like but popular.  We have to remember it is not about us... nothing is about us.  It is all about Jesus Christ.  It is not about our wants, needs, desires or cravings.  It is all about the desires God has put in our hearts to accomplish his purpose in our lives.  We are to live with an eternal focus, with a God focus.  Fully devoted to Jesus Christ... no room for "ME" or "I".


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Day 48 - 1 Corinthians 15:20-28

20 But in fact, Christ has been raised from the dead. He is the first of a great harvest of all who have died.

21 So you see, just as death came into the world through a man, now the resurrection from the dead has begun through another man. 22 Just as everyone dies because we all belong to Adam, everyone who belongs to Christ will be given new life. 23 But there is an order to this resurrection: Christ was raised as the first of the harvest; then all who belong to Christ will be raised when he comes back.

24 After that the end will come, when he will turn the Kingdom over to God the Father, having destroyed every ruler and authority and power. 25 For Christ must reign until he humbles all his enemies beneath his feet. 26 And the last enemy to be destroyed is death. 27 For the Scriptures say, “God has put all things under his authority.” (Of course, when it says “all things are under his authority,” that does not include God himself, who gave Christ his authority.) 28 Then, when all things are under his authority, the Son will put himself under God’s authority, so that God, who gave his Son authority over all things, will be utterly supreme over everything everywhere.

Terrie's Comments:

Since I belong to Jesus I will be raised when he comes back.  After believers are raised the end will come and everyone and everything will be humbled and once everything is submitted to Jesus he will hand his authority back to the Father and God will be supreme over everything everywhere again just like it was in the beginning before sin entered the world through Adam.

Tori's Comments:

We have such a great hope in Christ!

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Day 47 - 1 Corinthians 15:9-19

9 For I am the least of all the apostles. In fact, I’m not even worthy to be called an apostle after the way I persecuted God’s church.

10 But whatever I am now, it is all because God poured out his special favor on me—and not without results. For I have worked harder than any of the other apostles; yet it was not I but God who was working through me by his grace. 11 So it makes no difference whether I preach or they preach, for we all preach the same message you have already believed.

12 But tell me this—since we preach that Christ rose from the dead, why are some of you saying there will be no resurrection of the dead? 13 For if there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ has not been raised either. 14 And if Christ has not been raised, then all our preaching is useless, and your faith is useless. 15 And we apostles would all be lying about God—for we have said that God raised Christ from the grave. But that can’t be true if there is no resurrection of the dead. 16 And if there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ has not been raised. 17 And if Christ has not been raised, then your faith is useless and you are still guilty of your sins. 18 In that case, all who have died believing in Christ are lost! 19 And if our hope in Christ is only for this life, we are more to be pitied than anyone in the world.

Tori's Comments:

Sometimes famous pastors can be raised on a pedestal, when in reality the same Spirit in them lives in us. Idolizing people because of their faith seems ridiculous when I think that God is the one giving them that faith. All glory to God!

Terrie's Comments:

How true is this... the whole of our hope is hinged on this point... if we do not believe that the dead will be raised to new life with Christ after life here on this earth has ended then how can we believe that Jesus himself was raised from the dead.  If we don't believe the Jesus himself was raised from the dead then we have a useless faith.  When Jesus raised up from the dead he was victorious over death and made it so that we will also have victory over death if we put our hope in him and place him as Lord in our lives.  If he is Lord of our lives then He will be our Savior in our death and give us eternal life with Him.

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Day 46 - 1 Corinthians 15:1-8

15 Let me now remind you, dear brothers and sisters, of the Good News I preached to you before. You welcomed it then, and you still stand firm in it. 2 It is this Good News that saves you if you continue to believe the message I told you—unless, of course, you believed something that was never true in the first place.

3 I passed on to you what was most important and what had also been passed on to me. Christ died for our sins, just as the Scriptures said. 4 He was buried, and he was raised from the dead on the third day, just as the Scriptures said. 5 He was seen by Peter and then by the Twelve. 6 After that, he was seen by more than 500 of his followers at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have died. 7 Then he was seen by James and later by all the apostles. 8 Last of all, as though I had been born at the wrong time, I also saw him.

Terrie's Comments:

So what is most important is to remember that Christ died for our sins which, He was buried, raised from the dead on the third day, all fulfilled the prophecies that were foretold about Him.  And there were plenty of witnesses to prove that it was true.  Paul went back to the basics after going through the power of the Holy Spirit flowing through the church as a result of what Jesus did for his bride, the church.


Tori's Comments:

This summarizes what would have happened quite nicely to the Corinthians. Going back to the basics for a refresher is always nice. Although I assume this is because of a false teaching, doubt, or question?


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